Better This Way

Thirty Two

I stretched my hand to where Freen is but I couldn't feel her. Why is her space empty? I opened my eyes immediately to see that she's no longer on bed. Maybe she's in the bathroom. I stayed back on bed for some minutes but she wasn't coming out so I went to the bathroom.

"Not here?" I murmured weakly.

I got out of the bedroom looking for her. I am worried because she had fever all through the night. Her fever was so high that she kept mumbling things I couldn't grab. I was not able to put all the things she said together.

She would call for her mum, then say things about a house and end up saying things as if she's talking to her dad. I know it was all because of her fever but I am now so curious to meet her dad. I want to know what he looks like. Who Freen took after.

I walk to the living room to know if she's there but she's in the kitchen and she's cooking. My goodness! Is she for real now? For someone that literally had a high fever all through the night? She's supposed to be on bed.

"What are you doing?" I asked in shock and she turned to me.

"Oh. You're awake" she said with a smile.

"You know you're not supposed to be here" I said and walked to her.

"Why can't I? I want to cook for everyone today" she said still busy with what she's doing.

"That's cool but you are unwell right now" I said

"Unwell?" She asked surprisedly.

"Don't you like have a headache or something from the hangover? You were also running fever all through" I said worriedly.

She stopped and turned to me. She has a knife in her left hand and a carrot in the right. That's because she's left-handed and she is cutting some carrots. She had a quick scan on me and smirked. What was that for?

"Breakfast will be ready in five." she said ignoring my concerns.

"Freen?"

"Come on. Go freshen up okay?"

She's looking at me in the eyes while smiling. I let out a sigh of frustration and went back to the bedroom. I have decided to stop arguing with her in any form. Because of that argument she ghosted me for two days and I don't want to experience it again. 

I went to the bathroom to freshen up after which I came back to the kitchen. This time Heng is with her and they are arranging the dishes on the table.

"That didn't happen. Tell me it didn't happen" Freen said in surprise.

"Believe me he is completely something else" Heng responded and they both laughed.

"That's really crazy you know" Freen said and they laughed again.

It's cute to see the cousin-cousin bonding but I will interrupt their cute moment right now. I cleared my throat loud enough that they heard me. They stopped laughing loudly and turned to me with a smile on their faces.

"You're here" Freen said with a smile.

"Yeah. Good morning Heng"

"Good morning beautiful. Thank you for taking care of Freen last night." Heng said.

Freen rolled her eyes and continued what she was doing. She probably knows Heng will tease her because of that.

"You were a mess last night". As expected, he teased her and she glared at him.

"The food is ready. You should go get Nop" she said in an attempt to change the topic.

Heng smiled and left to his bedroom. The silence between Freen and I was damn awkward plus she's avoiding my eyes. Maybe she's embarrassed over drinking much or something. She's not saying anything, she's probably nervous just like me because she's rubbing her second finger on the table unconsciously.